Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
| Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The) (Tune list) | |
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| Format: | Engraving |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh: Printed for the Author |
| Author: | Simon Fraser |
| Collector: | Simon Fraser |
| Year of publication or Date of MS: | 1816 |
Contents
| No. | Tune (English) | Tune (Gàidhlig) | Rhythm | Key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Languor of Love (The) | Tha mi tinn leis a'Ghaol | Slow air | D major |
| 2 | Rebel War Song (The) | Eiridh na Finnacha' Gaelach Aelach | Air/March | D major |
| 3 | Grant of Sheuglie's Contest | Màiri Nighean Deorsa | Slow air | A major |
| 4 | Farewell Darling Youth | Soraidh slan do'n ailleagan | Slow air | A major |
| 5 | Highland Society of Scotland (The) | Comunn Rioghail Gaidhealach (An) | Strathspey | A major |
| 6 | Hogmanay | Soraidh leis an t-seana bhliadhna | Strathspey | A major |
| 7 | St. Kilda Wedding (The) | A' Bhanais Irteach | Reel | A major |
| 8 | Battle of Kinloch Lochy (The) | Blar Leine | Slow air | C minor |
| 9 | Cow Boy (The) | Giullan nam Bo | Slow air | Eb major |
| 10 | Traveller Benighted in Snow (The) | Siubhal an t'sneachd tre oiche | Slow air | Eb major |
| 11 | Orphan (The) | Dilleachdan (An) | Slow air | C minor |
| 12 | Loch Ruthven | Loch Ruadhainn | Strathspey | C minor |
| 13 | Feet Washing (The) | Oidhche ro' na phosadh (An) | Reel | C minor |
| 14 | Glengarry's Foxhunter | Niall Brochdair | Slow air | Bb major |
| 15 | Dunrobin Castle | Caisteal Dunrobainn | Strathspey | Bb major |
| 16 | Banks of Loch Ness (The) | Bruachan Loch Nis | Strathspey | G minor |
| 17 | Wedding Ring (The) | Port na Fainne | Reel | G minor |
| 18 | Chieftain's Lament (The) | Do chinneadh bhi gun cheann | Slow air | G minor |
| 19 | Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn (The) | Chaora chrom | Strathspey | G minor |
| 20 | I'll Break Your Head for You | Buailidh mi thu anns a' cheann | Reel | G minor |
| 21 | Weaver has a Daughter (The) | Tha Nighean aig a'bhreabadair | Strathspey | G minor |
| 22 | Goat Pen (The) | Cro Nan Gobhar | Jig | F major |
| 23 | Lord Reay | Mac Aoidh | Slow air | F major |
| 24 | Rob Donn Mackay the Poet | Rob Doun | Slow air | F major |
| 25 | Forest Where the Deer Resort (The) | Sud an gleann 'sam be na feidh | Strathspey | D minor |
| 26 | Kilchattan Wedding (The) | Calum Figheadair | Reel | D minor |
| 27 | Ossianic Air | Dan Ossian | Slow air | D minor |
| 28 | Ossianic Air, An | Fonn gnathaichte do bhriathraibh Oisein | Slow air | A major |
| 29 | Glengarry | Mac mhic Alastair | Strathspey | A major |
| 30 | Annie is My Darling | Anna t'hug me gradh dhuit | Reel | A major |
| 31 | Keppoch Desolate | A' Cheapach na fasach | Slow air | F# minor |
| 32 | Inveraray Castle | Caisteal Inbher-aora | Strathspey | F# minor |
| 33 | Dram Shell (The) | Botal dubh 's an t-slige chreachann (Am) | Reel | F# minor |
| 34 | I Am Asleep | Tha mi mo chadel | Slow air | F major |
| 35 | Highlands of Banffshire (The) | Braigh Bhanbh | Strathspey | F major |
| 36 | Merry Making (The) | A' Chridhealachd | Reel | F major |
| 37 | Inheritance of the Laird of McLeod | Tallamh bu ghna do Mhacleod (An) | Slow air | F major |
| 38 | Glen of Copsewood (The) | Airidh nam badan | Slow air | F major |
| 39 | Short Apron | t-Aparan goirid (An) | Slow air | C major |
| 40 | New Year's Day | Bhlian ur | Strathspey | C major |
| 41 | Catch and Kiss the Romp | Nach beir thu air a'bhana mhearlach | Reel | C major |
| 42 | What care I for the Minister? | Coma leam fein am Ministear | Jig | C major |
| 43 | Haggis (The) | Teigeis agus dealg innte | Reel | C major |
| 44 | Braes of Lochiel (The) | Braigh Loch Iall | Slow air | A minor |
| 45 | Rowing from Isla to Uist | Iomramh eadar Il' a's Uist | Air | A minor |
| 46 | Maiden Fond of Mirth | Nighean donn an t-sugraidh | Slow air | A minor |
| 47 | Mary young and fair | Mhàiri bhàn òg | Slow air | A minor |
| 48 | Rinettan's Daughter | Nighean bodach an Roainaitinn | Strathspey | C major |
| 49 | Pipe Slang (The) | Feadan glan a'phiobair | Reel | A minor |
| 50 | John the Shepherd of Glengarry | Iain an Cibeir | Slow air | Bb major |
| 51 | Urquhart Castle | Caisteal Urchudain | Strathspey | Bb major |
| 52 | Scolding Wives of Abertarff (The) | Mnathan trodach Obair-thairbh | Reel | G minor |
| 53 | Maid of Sutherland (The) | Nighean donn a buain nan dearcag | Slow air | G minor |
| 54 | Shealing in the Braes of Rannoch (The) | Bothan airidh ‘m braighe Raineach | Slow air | G minor |
| 55 | Dairymaid (The) | Bhanarach dhonn a' chruidh | Slow air | G minor |
| 56 | Hymn to the Saviour | Laoidh an t-Slanuighear | Slow air | G major |
| 57 | Massacre of Glencoe (The) | Mort ghlinne-comhainn | Slow air | G major |
| 58 | My Love in Secret | Mo leannan falaich | Slow air | G major |
| 59 | Lord Lovat Beheaded | Mac Shimi mor a basachadh | Slow air | A minor |
| 60 | In dispraise of whisky | Di-moladh an Uisge-bheatha | Slow air | G major |
| 61 | How Can We Abstain from Whisky | Cia mar is urra' sinn fuireach o'n Dram | Slow air | G major |
| 62 | My favourite if I could get thee | 'Stu mo luaidh na'm faighinn thu | Slow air | Bb major |
| 63 | My wife has scolded me | Throd mo bhean a's throd i rium | Slow air | G minor |
| 64 | Bonfire (The) | Tein'-aigheir air gach beann dhiubh | Strathspey | G minor |
| 65 | Macleod's Daughter | Nighean Thormaid | Slow air | G minor |
| 66 | Laddie I Esteem You | A' Ghille dhuinn is toigh leam thu | Slow air | G minor |
| 67 | Spot Where My Forefathers Dwelt (The) | Mo Dhuthchas | Strathspey | D major |
| 68 | Lovat's Restoration | Thuair M'Shimi n' oireachd | Strathspey | D major |
| 69 | Darling of the Uist Lasses (The) | Mac a'Bhaillidh á Uist | Reel | D major |
| 70 | Jet black haired youth (The) | Gille dubh ciar-dhubh (An) | Slow air | D major |
| 71 | Hamlet where my lover dwells (The) | Baile 'm beil mo leannan fein (Am) | Slow air | G major |
| 72 | Source of Spey (The) | Madhair Spea | Strathspey | E minor |
| 73 | Spraith of the Lowlands now Graze in the Glens (The) | Crodh laoigh nam bodach | Slow air | E minor |
| 74 | Periwig (The) | A' Phiorbhuic | Reel | G major |
| 75 | Small is my inclination to sleep | 'S beag mo shunnd ris a’ chadal | Slow air | E minor |
| 76 | Clanalpin Chief (The) | Roderick Dhu | Slow air | D minor |
| 77 | Balquhidder | Bochuidear | Alow air | F major |
| 78 | Well may I behold my faithful brown hair’d Maid | Gu mo slan a chi mi chailin dileas donn | Slow air | D minor |
| 79 | Ba-ba My Baby | Babà Mo Leanabh | Slow air | D minor |
| 80 | Miller Lads | Gillean ban a' mhuilleir | Strathspey | F major |
| 81 | Highland Troop (The) | Trupa Ghaidhealach (An) | Slow air | G major |
| 82 | Glenmoriston | Tighearna Ghlinnemoreastuinn | Strathspey | G major |
| 83 | Cross of Inverness (The) | Clach na Cudain | Reel | G major |
| 84 | My Lover Wounded | Mo ghradh fo leoin | Slow air | G major |
| 85 | Any Privation But This | Creach na ciadainn | Slow air | G major |
| 86 | Minstrel of the Macdonalds (The) | Smeorach Chlainn Domhnuill | Slow air | A minor |
| 87 | Duncan MacQueen | Donnacha Mac Shuine | Strathspey | A minor |
| 88 | How melancholy am I | Gur muladach a ta mi | Slow air | A minor |
| 89 | Great Glen of Scotland (The) | Gleann Mor na h-Albainn | Slow air | D major |
| 90 | General Gathering 1745 (The) | An cruinneacha' iomlan ludhair | Jig | D major |
| 91 | Ferintosh | Toisheacdh | Strathspey | D major |
| 92 | Bedding of the Bride | Bean na bàinnse | Reel | D major |
| 93 | Safely Landed | Fallain gun dìth thainig e | Slow air | D major |
| 94 | Death of My Friend (The) | 'Se so marbhrann mo charaid | Slow air | F minor |
| 95 | Crossing to Ireland | t-Aiseadh do dh' Eireann (An) | Slow air | F minor |
| 96 | Bonny Barbara MacPherson | Barbara Nic a' Phearsain | Slow air | F minor |
| 97 | Waes Me for Charlie | Och a’s ochan mo chàradh | Slow air | F minor |
| 98 | This Gloom on My Soul | Tha m'aigne fo ghruaim | Slow air | A major |
| 99 | Huntly's Wedding Medley | Bainnais Marc Hundhuin | Strathspey | A major |
| 100 | Merry May the Pair Be | Gu ma mear a charaid | Reel | A major |
| 101 | Poet's Grave (The) | Uaigh a' Bhaird | Slow air | A major |
| 102 | Corrimony | Coire Mhònaidh | Strathspey | A major |
| 103 | Beaufort Castle | Caisteal Dùnaidh | Reel | A major |
| 104 | Boat of my Lover (The) | Fear a' Bhàta | Slow air | Bb major |
| 105 | Cock of the North (The) | Coileach an Taobh-Tuath | Strathspey | Bb major |